Will mix with virtually any other non-predatory aquatic animal. Do not keep it with Puffer Fish or Loaches, as they will eat the snail's antennae and try to bite away the shell to get at the snails flesh. Other aggressive fish such as Cichlids, even Bettas, may try and nip at it's antennae.

It is a bottom feeder, although it explores all over the aquarium. Must have calcium (GH greater than 8d) in the water and a pH greater than 7.0 or the shell will dissolve and the snail will die. If it is kept at the higher temperature range, it will move around more quickly, but will have a shorter life span of about a year.

Do not keep in a tank with an exposed heater, they're not as fast moving as Pomacea Apple Snails and can get cooked if the heater turns on! Any copper or fish treatments in the water will kill it.

The shell is the big give away. Do not mistake it for the Tiger Nerite Snail or Giant Striped Apple Snail, they have very different shell shapes, but similar stripes. The Spixi has a rounded shell like many of the apple snails. The condition of its shell shows the history of its life.